2009 Mets Season Thread

[phattymatty]

yeah i saw that this morning, great way to start the day.

[Eagaholic]

who says ARod isn't clutch?

[BigEd76]

ha.....Castillo got a standing ovation from the crowd in his first AB

[ice grillin you]

is johan hurt now?....he got ripped for 9 hits 9 runs in three innings....that would be effin sweet

[Rome]

13-0 Yankees, bottom of the seventh.

[BigEd76]

15-0 final 

[Rome]

Going for the two point conversion at the end was cold.

[ice grillin you]

the video of this is nice....should be on sportscenter in a couple minutes


K-Rod, Bruney separated by teammates

NEW YORK -- The Subway Series is getting awfully testy.

Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez shouted at Yankees reliever Brian Bruney during batting practice Sunday and the two were separated by teammates. That came one day after Bruney called Rodriguez's exuberant celebrations on the mound a "tired act," and K-Rod said the injured right-hander "better keep his mouth shut."

In video footage on YES Network, an angry Rodriguez could be seen pointing at Bruney from a few feet away before Yankees reliever Jose Veras stepped between them in left field.

Bruney held his ground and appeared to say little, if anything. Mets pitcher Mike Pelfrey got in front of Rodriguez and escorted him away.

Bruney has pitched only once for New York since April 21 because of a strained elbow. He tossed a perfect inning Saturday in a rehab appearance for Double-A Trenton.

Afterward, he was asked about the Yankees' wild win over the Mets on Friday night, when second baseman Luis Castillo dropped Alex Rodriguez's two-out popup in the ninth inning. The error allowed two runs to score, giving the Yankees a 9-8 victory and handing K-Rod his first blown save in 17 chances this season.

"Unbelievable. I've never seen anything like that. I have, but in high school," Bruney told reporters in Trenton, N.J. "It couldn't happen to a better guy on the mound, either. He's got a tired act."

After converting a save, Francisco Rodriguez often pounds his chest and points to the sky while letting out a roar.

"I just don't like watching the guy pitch," Bruney said. "I think it's embarrassing."

Bruney's teammate, Joba Chamberlain, also has irritated opponents with his loud screams and animated fist pumps after inning-ending strikeouts. Baltimore slugger Aubrey Huff even mocked Chamberlain this season with a pair of emphatic fist pumps after hitting a home run off the right-hander.

Francisco Rodriguez, who set a major league record with 62 saves last year for the Los Angeles Angels, didn't take kindly to Bruney's comments.

"He better keep his mouth shut and do his job and not worry about somebody else," he said after closing out the Mets' 6-2 win Saturday. "If it came out from somebody big, I might pay attention to it. But somebody like that, it doesn't bother me."

Bruney is 2-0 with a 3.00 ERA in 10 appearances this season. He has 13 strikeouts and two walks in nine innings.

"I'm not going to get into a media war with K-Rod. He's had a great career. He set the save record and besides, he doesn't know who I am. So it doesn't matter what I think," Bruney said in the Yankees' clubhouse after Saturday's loss.

"I stand by what I said. I don't know that it makes any difference, since the guy's never heard of me."

[Rome]

The Mets are overflowing with pieces of shtein on that team.  And the nobody is right about K-Rod too.  Embarrassing doesn't begin to describe his ridiculous antics.

[Sgt PSN]

if you think about it, it's not really any different than an endzone dance in football.  players do fist pumps, chest bumps and shtein when they hit a hr so i guess i can't really knock the guy for celebrating after a save.  i do think it's stupid, but i get it. 

[Rome]

I hate that showboating bullshtein no matter who does it.  Act like you've been there and done that before, flags.

[Rome]

And I just saw the video.  Hilarious.  He's standing there talking to Bruney until his fargin posse comes over - AND THEN he starts talking shtein like, HOLD ME BACK, HOLD ME BACK!

flag.

[Sgt PSN]

I hate that showboating bullshtein no matter who does it.  Act like you've been there and done that before, flags.

definitely.  of the 4 major sports, baseball is the only one where exuberant celebrating is largely frowned up.  it makes more sense to me for a receiver to celebrate after scoring a td.  on average, a wr probably scores 7 times a year.  so i can see that being  something to get pumped about.  a closer in baseball is probably going to get 40+ opportunities a year so getting all jacked after each one does seem rather ridiculous.  but, he celebrates when the game is over, so farg it.  it's not like he's doing it after every out.  and if it's a game against the phils, i probably never see it anyway because if i'm watching and he closes one out against them, i probably change the channel before they can even show him. 

i'll tell ya who annoys the crap out of me though.....farging paplebon with that stupid look on his face before every pitch.  the one where he tries to look intimidating but it really looks like he's sucking on a lemon. 

[BigEd76]

ha......K-Rod walked Mariano Rivera with the bases loaded

[ice grillin you]

The New York Post has announced on Twitter that Carlos Beltran is in Colorado getting a second opinion on his knee, which could require microfracture surgery. That would knock Beltran out of the season.

im starting to like this twitter thing more and more